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TYPE SETTING 4AND DISTRIBU'IING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 21, 1908.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914 4 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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TYPE SETTING AND DISTRIBUTING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED DBO. 21, 1908.

1,094,089. Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

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HENRY C. OSIBORN, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN MULTIGRAPH COMPANY,

12.? CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

TYIE-.El SETTING ANI) DISTRIBUTING MACHINE.

Leonesa To all whom t ma'y concern Be it known that I, HENRY C. CsBonN a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a. certain new and useful Improvement in Type Setting and Distributing Machines, of which the following is a full, clear` and exact description, reference being had to the. accompanying drawings.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and eilicient type case with keyboard mechanism for assembling type therefrom or distributing it thereinto,- either or both. The mechanism is particularly well adapted for setting or distribut-` ing small type wherein all the characters have the same thickness, as, Ifor example, imitation typewriter type.

The invention comprises, in one aspect, a type storage member having a plurality oi type holders, a keyboard having keys Correspending` to the different holders and an intermediate carrier adapted to be controlled by the keys in a movement between the assemblage or distribution position and the different holders of the storage member.

Various features of the invention contributing to the efliciency are included within this invention, wherefore the invention may `be best summarized as comprising the combinations of cooperating parts de-y scribed or illustrated herein and sc t out 1n' the claims.

The particular embodiment shown is designed to operate with type' having grooved sides and beveled feet such as shown and claimed in Patent No. 836,026 of H. C. Gammeter.

Figure 1 is a plan pafrtly sectional of my machine; Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation ofthe same; Fig. 3 is an enlarged-detail of the escapement mechanism and its operating mechanism shown on smaller scale 'u Fig.. 2; Fig. 1 is a sectional plan near the rear end of the machine showing the operating rock shafts and universal 'bars;,F ig. 5 is a side elevation of the shiftable carriage taken from the opposite direction to Fig. 2; Fig. G is a front elevation of such carriage; Fig` 7 is anV enlarged detail of the pivoted support for the shuttlelbar; Fig. 8 is a detail of the interlock for the keys, being an Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 21, 1908.

Patented Apr. 2,1, 1914. Serial No. 468,637.

enlarged front elevation of such mechanism shown in section in Fig. 2; Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the carriage and cooperating parts as used when the machine is distributing; Fig. 10 is a front view of the mechanism shown in Fig. 9; the remaining views are details in perspective, Fig. 11 being the shuttle bar; Fig. 12, one of the plungers carried thereby; Figs. 13 and 14, the two dogs of the escapement; and Fig. 15, the type which this embodiment of the machine carries.

Referring by reference numerals to the embodiment shown in the drawing, 1 represents a bed plate, from the rear side of which rise standards or brackets 2 and 3, and an intermediate standard 4. The type case proper consists of tWo storage mem-` bers which are shown as 'segments 10 and 11. These segments are stiffened by suitable ribs as 12 and are carried on the frame standards 2 and 3 by vertical rods 13 and 414, there being two rods for each segment. These rods occupy eyes in the segments and standards and serve to rigidly hold the seg,n

ments in place. The upper ends of the rods are preferably knurled as sho'wn at l5 in Fig. 2, wherefore they may 'be conveniently drawn out o the segments to allow their removal. Each of the segments is provided wit-h suit-- able means for holding vertical rows of type. As shown, this means consists of ribs or rails 17 and 18 on the two segments respectively. Each rail has an overhanging edge whereby undercut channels are proL vided between successive rails, which channels are adapted to be occupied by type 20 grooved on its opposite sides, and as is shown, for example, in Fig. 15.

. Near the lower ends of the segments 10 and 11 they are each provided with a series of escapments, one for `each type channel. These escapements operate to normally hold .the type above them in the channel, but

away from the type. The dog 25 has a lip Bwhich is adapted to be engaged and operated by the rear portion 34 of the dogl29. The dogs are thin metal plates and take up little room. This eseapementis desie'ned to operate on type having transversely `beveled feet, as shown in the drawing. Normally the spring 28 holds the dog with its nose 2-7 beneath the line/of type, supporting the line. The dog 2,9 is held by the spring 32 with the nose 3l far enough in the rear to clear the line. When it is desired to release 'a type, suitable mechanism, to be hereinafter described, lifts the dog 29. This movement causes the nose 31 to engage beneath the next to the bottom type, while the contiiiuedclevation of this dog by reason of the shoulder 34 abutting the lips withdraws the dog 25, releasing the bottom type. In this movement, the parts have changed from the posi-v tion shown in the right hand escapement in Fig. 3 to that, shown in the left hand escapement.

It will -be seen from the above description that by simply raising and lowering the `dog 29, the type will be released one at a time and allowed to drop by gravity. The mechanism which causes the operation of the dogs and that which receives the released type is contiolled by the keyboard and its connections, which will now be described.

Pivotall mounted on a cross web 6 rising from the ase plate are the key levers 40 which have finger keys 41 at their forward ends. The web G is preferably arc-shaped concentric with the drums, and the key levers occupy radial positions, being guided near their outer ends by a suitable comb 42 mounted on another arc-shaped frame web 7. Tlie'right hand *half of the keyboard constitutes one bank, and the left hand half a separate bank of keys. Each bank has the rear end of its levers 40 projecting beneath a universal bar 44 or 45. Each of these two universal bars are arc-sliapcd concentrically with the segmentsy and project forwardly from two alined horizontal rock shafts 50 and 51 carried near the rear of the machine by the standards 2, 3 and 4. As shown, the rear ends of each universal bar are bent toward the corresponding rock shaft and are there adjustably secured by screws 52 to arms 53 and54 rigid on the corresponding rock shafts. The rock shafts are shown as jerrnaled in the standard 4 and as having their outer ends carried by movable studs 56 which are held by set screws 57 in the standards 2 and 3 respectively.

Loosely mounted on the two rock shafts 50. and 51 between the standard 4 andthe adjacent arms 54 are a pair of upwardly extending arms (30 and G1. ends, these arms are formed into pins or studs 62 and 63 respectively, which ,are guided in a forward and back path by slots At their upperv 64 iii a forward extension S of the stand -t-d 4. Above this extension S is a shuttle bar TO'which extends forwardly beneath the two segments l0 and ll and is pivoted at the axis of those segments. This pivot in the form shown is made by a stud 7l carried by the frame plate 8 (Fig. 7 )7 which has a reduced uppercxtension 72 on which the shuttle bai' is journaled. Resting on this extension and \The bar is provided near its rear end, forward of its pivot, with two inclined slots 77 and 78 which cross the slots 64 in the frame plate 8. The pins 62 and G3 accordingly, if moved rearwardly in their slots G4, will engage the i'ear wall of the slots 77 or 78, as

the case may be, and swing the shuttle in one d irectioii or the other. rllic arms G0 and G1 carrying these pins are connected by yielding connection with the two universal bars 44 and 45. This is shown as accomplislied by extending upwardly the two arms 54 in the form of bell cranks 57 which carry at their upper ends adjustable studs 58 which extend through lips 68 on the arms 60 and 61, there being springs 59 surround* ing the studs in front of the lips, which springs are compressed by heads 5G on the studs.

It results from the above described construction that whenever any of the keys in the right hand bank, for example, in the keyboard is depressed, the universal bar 45 is thereby elevated, rocking the shaft 5l and i is lifted and the pin 62 is moved rearwardly which, operating on the inclined rear wall of the slot 77 swings the shuttle bar to theleft.

The amount of swing of the shuttle bar varies with the position of the different keys,-thcse farther from the center line ,universal bar nearer the rock shaft and thus causing greater movement,-so that the shuttle bar tends to swing somewhat beyond a position directly over the key actuated. Suitable stops are provided operated by the various keys, which arrest the move-4 ment of the shuttle bar when it comes beneath the type channel corresponding to the given key and thereafter a continued movey of the machine acting on a portion of the ment of the key is allowed by reason of the spring 59 which becomes further compressed. This stop mechanism and mechanism concurrently operated to actuate the escapements will now be described.

Standing over each key` lever and at the rear of its pivot is a lifter bar 80 which is made preferably in the form shown in Fig.

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I), with an approximate T-head. These lifter bars are guided near their lower ends by extending into openings in a stationary plate 81, which may be carried by a suitable comb like standard 9 which separates and guides the rear ends of the-key levers.A At its upper end, the lifter plate is guided by two pins 83 and 84 which operate through openings in a pair of arc-shaped plates 86 and 87 which lie rdirectly beneath the type channels of the two drums and extend a distance below them only slightly in excess of the thickness of the shuttle bar 70,-.-the shuttle bar having substantially the thickness of a type. The lifter bars .are also guided near their upper ends by upwardly extending projections 88 thereon which occupy radial notches in the forward edge of the arcual plate'S. Suitable springs 9() serve to normally depress the lifter plates and conseque tlymaintain the keys elevated. These springs are shown as surroundingr the pins 83.

The projections 88 are adapted to stand in the path of the forward end 79 of the shuttle bar 70, and as the corresponding projection is elevated every vtime a key is depressed, and as such depression swings the shuttle bar in that direction, it will be seen that` the shuttle bar comesto the, corresponding projection 8S. This brings the openings 91 and 92 in the shuttle bar directly beneath the type channels holding type corresponding to the key depressed. rThese openings are preferably of the same` shape the type. The springs 59 heretofore described allow further depression of the keys and consequently further elevation of the lifter bars after .the shuttle bar has so stopped, and this further elevation causes one or the other of the shoulders 94 and 95 on the lifter bar to operate one or the other of the plungcrs 97' and 9C, carried by the shuttle plate, when the machine is assembling (as hereinafter explained), whereby one or the other of the corresponding dogs 29 is raised, releasing the lowermost type of the corresponding channel, which thereupon drops by gravity into lthe opening 91 017.92 below such channel. Now when the pressure on the linger key is released, the spring 47 acting on the corresponding universal bar or rock shaftrocks thatshaft to swing the corresponding pin 62 or 63 forwardly, v *which by engaging the front wall of the slot or '(8 returns the shuttle bar. to central os'ition, and after it has come into that po also Which plunger 97 or rest abuttingsition moves slightly forward alongside of the bar to hold it there. During this morement of the bar, the type entrained in the opening 91 or 92 has been slid along on the plate 8G or ST. lVhen the type is brought to the central position, it Ycomes over an opening 9G or 99 in these two arc-shaped bars whereby it drops into one or the other of these openings. When the machine is arranged for assembling, there are beneath these openings two receiving channels 100 and -10'1 carried by blockssecured tothe under sides of the arcual plates, and from these channels the type passes by gravity into the common receiving channel 110 Awhich is shiftable to aline with either of the channels 1.00 or 101 and from this common receiving channel the type pass down by gravity into the central receiving typeholder 111, which is shown as a split tube, the edges of which are adapted to receivethe side grooves of the type.

The position of the common receiving channel 110 to' aline with either of the channels 100 or 101 in assembling is controlled by shift keys, which mechanism determines 98 is operated by the lifter bar and accordingly whether type is released from the channel of the outer drum or the inner drum. It is to be understood that the channels of the two drums which are inl the same radial plane contain characters which have some relation to each other, either an intrinsic relation, as capitals and small letters, or a. relation depending on convenience of grouping. The same key releases type from either of the two channels according to the shifting mechanism, shown as operated by two shift keys. This will now be described:

The temporary typeholdcr 111 into which the type is adapted to be assembled and which furnishes the means for conveying it to a suitable printing press or otherwise, as desired, is held in alinement with the common channel 110 by having its upper end enter a socket in a forward and downward ln'ojcction 120 of a carriage 121, the holder being held in its socket by a spring retainer 122. The carriage 121, shown more particularly in Figs. 5 and 6, is an upright member extending forward and back of the machine at its center and slidably guided on a stationary support 123 carried by the bed )late 1.

Tllic support 123 spreferably U-shape, as shown, and the lower end of the carriage extends between the two side plates of the member and has a ball bearing thereon, the balls occupying raceways between the outer sides of the carriage and the inner sides of the stationary side plates. These balls are shown at` 124 in Figs. 2v and G. They may be surrounded by a suitable retainer 125 which is allowed a limited movement, by

means of a pin and slot, equal to half the movement of the carriage.

The carriage supports the type holder 111 and when used for assembling, has its upper ,end abutting` the lower ends .of the channels 100 and 101, as shown in Fig. 2. lVith the parts in the position shown this figure, the channel 101 is blocked, while the channel 100 is in alinement with the common channel 110. i

If the carriage were in its rear position, the channel 101 would aline with the channel 110. To effect such movement of the carriage, I provide the lever 128 pivoted to one of the sides of the support 123 and having,r a. pin and slot connection at its upper end with the carriage. The lever has arms 129 and 139 extending in opposite directions from its pivot. Suitable adjustable stop screws 130 are adapted to be engaged by one arm or the other respectively and limit the movement of the lever and hence the carriage. A spring 131 anchored4 to the bed plate and to the lever above its pivot tends to hold the lever in either extreme position, and swing it into that position after the lever has been swung from the other direction past the center. The lever accordingly holds the carriage in either extreme position.

To swing the lever from either position it may occupy into the other position, and thereby shift the oarriage,l provide a pair .of shift keys. These keys are located at the central portion of the key board on op-A posite sides of the temporary typeholder, and are pivoted on a suitable stationary standard 135. One of the keys 136 is shown as extending inwardly beyond the pivot and extending below a lip 13S on the lever arm 139, whereby the depression of a key may elevate that arm and swing the lever into its rearmost position. On the other hand, the

other shift key 1/11 extends downwardly from .its pivot as shown at 142, and bears against an upwardly extending arm on a lever 14-3 normally held upward by a spring' 144. This lever extends rearwardly and overhangs the lip 138 so that the downward movement or this shift key is adapted to force downward the lever arm 139 and bring the carriage into its foremost position. It will thus be seen that in whichever position the carriage is, it may be shiftedA into the other'extreme position by the operation of the corresponding key. As soon as the shitt has moved the carriage slightly over haltl the distance, the spring 131 acts and completes the movement. This spring holds the carriage in either extreme position until the shift key -is operated to move it to the other extreme position.

The shifting of the` carriage not only brings the common channel 110 into alinement with either the channel 100 or the chanbe turned in their housings S9, by which they aremounted on the shuttle bar, but the lower portions thereof are cut in half vertically and they are so positioned that 1f the plun- `ger is turned with half cylindrical projection crosswise oit the lifter bar, it may be engaged by that bar to lift the same, whereas if it is turned with the cut diameter pa allel with the lifter bar, it will be out ot' alinement with th'e lifter bar and the lifter bar when lifted will move in said cut-out portion of the plunger and not acuate said plunger.

lVhen the carriage is in its foremost position, the plunger 97 has its lower end standing` crosswise of the lug 91 on thel litter bar, as shown in Fig. 3. while the plunger 9S has its lower end parallel with the lueT 95 of the lifter bar. ln this position, therefore. when the bar is lifted, the plunger 97 is lifted to operate the dog of the outermost segn'ient, while the plunger 98 is idle, the lifting bar moving.,Y simply past it. Springs 1:30 on these plungers tend to keep them depressed. llach plunger is provided with laterally exteuding,` pins 151, as shown in Figs. 1, 5 and 12. The carriage has suitable fingers 152-adapted toengage these pins as thecarriage moves.

Now. with the parts as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. it the carriage is shifted rearwardly, these fingers 152 will engage the pins 1.71 and rock the two plungers so that the plunger 97 will he turned to clear the lug- 94- whilo the plunger 98 will stand across the lug` $15 and so will be raised by it. The plun- `ger is centered in either of its two positions by the pin 1541- earried thereby entering` a notch 155 (Fig. 3) in the upper tace of the housing. Accordingly, the keys operate to release the type only in that segment with which the typeholdcr is communicating; and

` when the shift is operated to change the typeholder t0 communicate with the other segment, the release mechanism is correspondingly shifted.

To prevent any jamming resulting` from 'the attempt to operate more than one key atl a time, I provide suitable interlockingr -mechanism. shown in Figs. 2 and S, may conveniently This mechanism, which is consist of a series ot' movable distance pieces 160 held m a guide 'ay in the front side of the frame member 7 and behind. the comb 42. The distance pieces-are beveled or cut oil at their upper corners 161, and above this out out space and substantially over the line between the distance pieces stand the various key levers, 10, ete. `The blocks 1(30 are loose, having a longitudinal play which width of a key When the keyl lever is in this position, all

of the space between the blocks is appropriated, and none of the other key levers can be depressed.

A very simple change of adjustment in the mechanism adapts it to be used as a distributing machine, conveying type from the typeholder 111 to any of the channels in the segments, as desired. Willen used as a distributing mechanism, I replace the shuttle bar 70, provided with the plunger-s 97 and 98, by a similar bar without these plungers, by loosening the set screw '74 and raising the plug 78; and I remove the two blocks carrying the channels 100 and 101, which I have described as secured on the underside of the arc-shaped members 8G and 87, and in place of these supply a block 170 held to;th,e car,- ria ge on its upper end andhaving a channel 172 alining with the channel 110, and taking the place of both the channels 100 and 101; I provide means for feeding the type in the holder 111 toward the upper end of the holder, advancing the entire column of type, one type at a time, through pawls and a ratchet, this feed being accomplished through-the operation of the finger keys; and I shift the comb 42 to bring the deeper portion41`71 of the slots therein (which portion is idle during assemblage) beneath the key levers so that these levers may obtain a further stroke.

The substitute parts are shown in Figs. 9, 10 and 11. The type are fed upward in the temporary type holder-by means of a follower 174, to which is attached a cord 175 passing around the pulley 176 and secured to a sheavc 177 which is fast on the side of a ratchet wheel 178. This ratchet wheel is rigidly mounted on a stud 179 journaled in a plate '180 projecting forwardly from the block 170 and attachedv thereto, The ratchet wheel is given a partial rotation whenever a key is depressed by means of the driving pawl 182 pivoted on the upper end of the bell crank 183 which` is mounted on a boss j nojecting from the forward flange of the carriage 121, the rear arm of the ball crank 183 `extendimg through a slot in the flange alongside the boss on which the bell crank mounted. The boss, constituting part of the carriage, appears in Fig. 2 but not. the

bell-crank, pawl or ratchet as they are re- `moved when assembling. Projecting in both directions from the center line of the machine and in a horizontal plane directly above the plane of the universal barsl 44 and t5 when they are in their normal positions,

are pins 184 and 185 carried by the shorter arm of the bell crank. Itwill be seen, therefore, that on the depression of. any key in either of the banks the bell crank 183 will be rocked, through the engagement of either of the yokes 1f-1 or L15, with the pin 185, when the carriage is in its forward position, or

pin 184 when the carriage is in its rear y position. A

The forward end of the driving pawl 182 is provided with an inclined lip 186 which engages a projection187, formed integral with the supporting plate of the feeding mechanism, and such engagement tends to withdraw the driving pawl 182 from the tooth of the ratchet.A A pawl supporting arm 188 also projects from plate 180 and carries two pawls 189 and 190, 189 being shorter than the pawl 190 by one half the length of a ratchet tooth. A spring 191 attached at one of its ends to the stud 179 passes about the study and is secured at its Aother end to plate 180. This spring, assisted by the weight of the column of type turns the, ratchet in the opposite direction to that given it' by the pawl 182. A spring 192 is employed to return bell crank 183 to its normal position after it has been swung by the depression of any of the key levers.

The operation of the distributing mechanism is as followsVz-Upon the depression of any key, one or the other of the universal bars 44er 45 is swung upwardly carrying with it either one of the pins-184: or 185, whichever the ca se may be, and thus swinging the upper end of the bell crank 183 forwardly. The driving pawl 182 being attached thereto and engaging one of the teeth of the ratchet, rotates the ratchet until the projection 187, through its engagement with the inclined lip 186, has completely freed the pawl from the teeth of the ratchet, when the ratchet will return a distance permitted by one of the detent pawls 189 or 190. The inclined lip 186 is of such a length that it will permit of the rotation of the ratchet unti the pawls 189 and 190 have passed nearly the distance of one tooth. At this position ofthe parts, the column of type has been advanced until one type rests within the opening 91 or 92 in the shuttle bar, being supported in such a position by the next type below it, which is in the opening .in the arcshaped plate 8G and 87. The further movement of the key, which swings the shuttle bar 70 to the type channel corresponding to the key depressed, continues the forward movement of the pawl 182 until it is entirely freed from theA ratchet, and allows the ratchet Wheel to return until stopped by one of the detent pawls, such backward movement of the ratchet being a distance equal to just 'one half of a tooth, owing to the proportions of the detent pawls 189 and 190. This allows the type formerly suplorting' the type within the shuttle bar and resting within the opening in the plates 86 and 87 to drop from thisI opening until it is beneath the lower plane of the same and the carriage can be shifted without the uppermost type interfering with such operation. Up to this time in the operation of the distributing mechanism, the key has been depressed the normal amount used in fassem` bling. By reason of the comb 42 having been shifted, a greater movement is allowed, and this continued movement by the key le versdown the slots 171, further elevates the lifter bar and causes the pin 83 or 84e, as the case may be7 to shove the type in the shuttle bar upward into the type channel above the nose 27 of the dog 25, the dog simply swinging back to allow the type to 'pass this nose.- lvVhen. the key is released, the lifter bar descends` the dog holding the new type, and the shuttle bar returns to nor mal position. During thisoperation, the universal bar 44 or i15 has released the bell crank 183, and pawl 182.1'esumes its normal position and engages the next tooth of the ratchet wheel.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

i1. Ink a typesetting and distributing machine, the combination of a storage member having typeholders, a key board, and intermediatemechanisms controlled thereby com- ."mon-.to the various typeholders and travel- 4ing transversely thereof and interchangeyable to distribute type into the storage member and assemble type from it.

2. .In a typesetting and distributing machine, the combination yof an upright segi mental storage memberhaving typeholders,

50.lo'wer end thereof, means for feeding type pwardly into the lower end thereof, and oscillatable laterally moving type shifter /co'mmon to both of said means and common `to the various type channels. 5/5 4, The combination of an upright stationf ary ,storage member, means for releasing type from the lower end thereof, means for feeding type upwardly into the lower end -thereof, and movable means common to the various type holders and interchangeable for conveying such type toand ,fromV said f member.' .Q

5. The combination ,of a type 'case having a set of typeholders., a coperating type *U5 conveyer commento the variousholders and of said feet, afcfoperating typeI conveyer,

and a keyboard adapted yto move the con-- veyer various amounts.

7 The combination of a type case formed of a plurality of concentric segments, a conveyer adapted to coperate with each segment, and a keyboard adapted to move the conveyer various amounts.

8. The combination of a type case, a cooperating type conveyer having an opening adapted to entrain type, a stationary supportwhich such type contacts with and rests upon during the movement of the conveyer, and a keyboard adapted'to move such conveyer various amounts.

9. The-combination of a segmental type case, acoperating oscillating conveyer hav ing an opening adapted to entrain type, an arenal plate over which saidopening swings and on which the type rides during the swinging, and Ameans for moving such conveyer various amounts.

'10. The combination of a type case, a cooperating shuttle bar adapted to convey type and having an edge1 at an angle to the bar, a driving arm working against said edge to swing the shuttle bar, and a keyboard having finger keys adapted to move the driv- .m0` arm. "i0 akey board, and oscillatable traveling mecha anism controlled thereby and adapted to 1l. The combination of a type case, a cooperating type conveyer bar having transverse Slots, arms working in saidslots, and a keyboard Aarranged in two banks, the keys of one bank operating on one arm and those of the other bank on the other arm.

12. A type case made in the form of a segment of a drum, a type conveyer pivoted on the axis of such segment, and a system of key levers arranged radially onvstationary pivots and adapte-d to move the conveyer various amounts.

13. The combination of a type case formed of a plurality of concentric segments, a piv oted con veyer adapted to cooperate with each. segment, and a radiallyv arranged keyboard adapted to move the conveyer various amounts.

14. A type case composed of a plurality of concentric segments. and a shuttle bar pivotcd at the axis of said segments and having a plurality of openings adapted to reeeive type from the segn'ieuts respectively.

15. The combination of a type case formed of a plurality of concentric segments, a plvoted conveyer adapted to copera'le t0 move the conveyer various amounts, and

a typeholder mof'able to cooperate with either segment.

1G. il type case composed ot a plurality of concentric segments, and mechanism, for operating on the type, pivoted at the axis of said segments.

17. The combination oli' a type ease formed of a plurality ot concentric segments, a pivoted cenveye' adapted tov coperate with all ot' the segments, a keyboard adapted to move the conveyor various amounts, a typeholder movable to cooperate with either segment, and a shift key and mechanism controlled thereby for causing such movement.

18. il. type case composed. ot' a plurality of concentric segments having typeholders, mechanism .for operating on the type pivoted at the axis ot said segments, and shiftmechanism to determine which ofthe ments is active.

19. rl'he combination ot a type case, a eo operating conveyor adapted to move back and t'orth across the end ot the type case and having an opening adapted to carry but a single type, a plate on the other side of the eonveyer along which it slides and which forms a guide for the type in the opening, and means for moving the conveyer various amounts.

20. The combination of a type case arranged in a plurality of concentric, banks, an oscillatable type conveyer, a keyboard eooperatable with either bank and adapted to oscillate said conveyer various amounts, and a shift for determining the bank with which the keyboard is'coperatinv.

The combination of a type-case, in the form of a drum segment, a pivoted shuttle bar having a pair of t'ansverse diagonal slots, a pair of arms working in said slots to swing the bar in one'direction or the other, a pair et universal bars connected with said arms, respectively, and a divided keyboard, one part of which operates one of the universal bars and the other part of which operates the other.

2i The combination of a stationary segmental typeholder having channels, individual escapements for various channels, an oscillating type carrier adapted to cooperate therewith, an escapement-operating plunger carried thereby. and a finger key for 0Seillating the type carrier.

'23. The combination of a segmental type case' having a plurality of parallel type holde'rs, an oscillating type carrier adapted to swting across the ends of said' typeholders, means for forcing type from the carrier into, lany of. the holders, a keyboard Of keys, andv mechanism controlled thereby to swmg'the carrier various distances. I i

2l. The combination of a type ease having a plurality of typehold'ers, a typeearrier having an opening, a` stationary support on which the type in the opening slideslwhen the carrier nieves, a keyboard ot finger keys, and mechanism controlled thereby for moving said carrier into cooperation'with varions ol said typeholders.

25. The combination ot' a series of parallel typeholders, individual escapements theretor, interclningeable type carriers adapted to move across the ends of the typeholders. means adapted to coact with the escapcments for releasing type from any of thc holders into one of such carriers, means `t'or forcing type i'rom the other of such carriers into any of the holders, and a keyb board ot linger keys for moving either carrie' and operating such releasing and toremg means.

itt-The combination of a segmental type case. a coperating oscillating conveyer pivotcd at the center ot' curvature o't the type case, means i'or moving said ,conveyer from,"

a central position in either direction varying amounts and back, an opening through the conveyer, and a stop plate on the lopine:- site side of the conveyer lorn'iing the guide along which the opening travels, saidstop plate having a central discharge opening.

2T. The combination of a series ol parat lel typeholders, a type carrier in the form otl a. tlat plate adapted to move across the` ends ot said typeholders ove" a smooth plate,` means for releasing type from any of the holders into an opening .in the carrier, and. a set of linger keys for causing the movement of the type carrier varying amounts.

28. The combination of a series of parat, lel type holders, a type carrier adapted to move across the ends of said typeholders, and comprising a plate having a type receiving opening, a stationary plate below the plate mentioned adapted to support the type in such opening, and means torinoving said lcarrier.

Q9. The combination of a type ease having i channels side by side, a member ada pted to, mov across thev ends thereof :troni one curan" `nel to the next and having an opening to receive type, and a smooth plate on the other side of the member adapted to support the type being moved, there being a space to allow the type to pass beyond the last-men` tioned plate.

30. The combination of a series of parallei.

typeholders, a type carrier adapted to move across the ends of said typeholders and lia-v ing an opening to receive type therefrom,-

'an escapement for each. holder comprising a pair o't lndepenclently pivoted spring 'pressed dogs, and` a set of finger keys tot: causing the movement of the type carrier varying amountsv A and vfor automatically operating the eseapement et the' selected typeholder.

-31. The combination Yof an upright i type' i caso having a plurality of vertical typeholdl ing` channels, a shuttle bar adapted to be moved beneath the various channels, a keyboard, means controlled thereby for moving said bar, Asaid bar having a4 type holding opening, and a type supporting plate beneath said har and over which such opening moves.

The combination or a type case in the form of a segment of a drum of parallel type channels, a type conveyor in the form oi: a bar pivoted on the axis of s'uch segment and having an opening adapted to aline With any type channel, a system of key levers and coaeting mechanism arranged to swing the conveyer 1arious amounts, and a common type channel on the opposite side of the con veyer.

33. The combination' of an u riUht drum segment having parallel longitudinal typeholders, a typeearrier beneath the segment adapted to receive type dropped by gravity, a stationary member for supporting type in the carrier, and a keyboard for releasing type and moving the carrier.,

34. The combination of a type case in the form of a drum segment, a keyboard having key levers radially arranged with reference to the same axis, a shuttle bar pivoted substantially on the same axis and adapted to coiiperate with said drum and be controlled by said keys, said bar having a type receiving opening, and a stationary arc-shaped type supporting plate just. belovv the path of said opening.

. 35..' l`he combination of a type case having channels, individual escapements for the various channels, a carrier, means for moving it across the end of the type case, mechanism for operating the escapement of the channel opposite which the carrier stands, and a linger key for moving the carrier andopera-ting the esca-pement.

36. The combination. of a type case having a plurality of typ'eholders, a type carrier having an'opening for a single type, a guide on the opposite side of the carrier against which type in the opening may slide when the carrier moves, a'keyboard having linger keys, and mechanism controlled thereb v for moving said carrier into coperation with various typeholders.

37, The combination of a type case in the form of a drum segment, a carrier pivoted substantially on the axis of the segment`l a keyboard having radially arranged key levers, a universal bar operated by said levers. mechanism controlled by said univel-sal bar for swinging said carrier opposite a corresponding typeholder,;and suitable stops operated by said key levers individu'- ally to accurately position the carrier.

38. The combination 'of a type case having a plurality of type holders With individual escapements, a movable conveyor, a'

series of litter bars for accurately limiting the movement of the sa me and concurrently operating said escapements, and a keyboard havingl keys adapted to operate the various lifter bars.

39. rl"he combination of a type case having a plurality of type holders, an indi- -vidual escapement 'for each holder, a shuttle lifter bars, and a movable type conveyor to'A receive type released by said escapements, said lifter hars accurately limiting the movement of the conveyer.

41. The combination of a type case having a plurality of typeholders,I an individual escapement for each holder, a series of lifter bars, a keyboard adapted to operate the various lifter bars, and a movable type carrier to receive type released by said'esc: pements, said type carrier carrying a plunger adapted to communicate motion from the lifter bar to the selected escapement.

42.The combination of type case having a plurality of banks of typeholders, individual escapements for the holders of the different banks, a keyboard wherein one key corresponds to typehold'ers of both banks, a' movable conveyor controlled by the keyboard, and carrying mechanism adapted to coact with the escapement for releasing type and having an opening to receive such released type, and a shift mechanism for deterinining which `bank is operative.

The combination of a type case made in the form of a plurality of concentric type-- holding segments, a keyboard and coperating interchangeable assemblage and distribution mechanism, means for removably holding the segments in the machine.

44. In an interchangeable typesetting and distributing machine, the combination With a frame of an upright typeholding drum segment removably carried by the frame, a keyboard, a carrier swinging beneath the segment, mechanism operated by the keys for swinging the carrier, and lifter bars and associated mechanism operated by the keys for moving the type up and down.

45. ln an interchangeable typeseting and distributing machine, the combinationwith a framefoi'V an upright typeholding drum segment carried by the frame, a keyboard khaving key levers, a carrier swinging beneath the segment and having assemblage and distribution members, mechanism operated by the key levers for swinging the carrier, and lifter bars located over the re- 4by them to operate said members.

46. In a typesetting or distributing machine, the combinationy With a `frame of an upright typeholding drum segment removably carried bythe frame, a keyboard having key levers projecting beneath said segment, a carrier swinging beneath the segment, mechanism operated by the keys for swinging the carrier, lifter bars operated by the keys for stopping the carrier, individual escapements for the different typeholders, mechanism carried by said carrier for operating the various escapements, and means whereby the lifter bars may. operate said mechanism. ,y y y 47. The combination'of twoy typecases, a type carrier adapted to cooperate With either case, means for releasing type from either case, a typeholder, means for shifting it to coperatewith either case, and means Whereby said shift renders one ofthe releasing means idle. y

48. The combination of two type cases, in-

' dividual escapements therefor, a type carrier adapted to coperate with either case, a pair Aof plungers on saidwcarrier for operating the escapements of either case, a type- 'holder, means for shifting it to coperate with either case, and means whereby said shift renders one of the plungers idle.

49. The combination of a type case hav ing a plurality of banks of `typeholders,`a carrier adapted to coperate with all of the banks, individual escapements, plungers carried by the carrier for operating the different escapements,'and means for rendering yactive that vplunger which cooperates with tl'le selectedcase, 'the other plunger being i le. v

50. The combination of an upright sta.- tionary type case, interchangeable means including a carrier having an opening traveling over a type support for assembling type from` one end thereof ,and distributing type into the same end. y

51. The combination of a type case, mechanism for assembling type therefrom, a keyboard for operating the same, interchangeable mechanisms whereby type may be distributed into said case by the same key* board, and means for varying the throw of the keys for assembling and distributing respectively. v A

52. In a type distributing machine, the combination of a type case, means for releasing type from the lower end thereof, a typeholder located belovvl the same, means for feeding aline of type upwardly in the holder, and means for conveying the type from the upper end of the holder to any of several receptacles in the type case.l

53. The combination of a type case having parallel typeholding channels, a type conveyer belowthe type case, a common chanktively.

nel leading upwardly to the conveyer, means for feeding type upwardly in said channel into the conveyer, akeyboard for moving said conveyer, the common channel beinff carried in a movable carriage, and ashift key for moving said c. rriage.'

54. The combination of atype case having i a plurality of typeholding channels, escapements therefor, means for operating said escapements to assemble type from the case,

and interchangeable means for distributing type and feeding such type'into "that end of the case past the escapements.

55. The combination of a type case having a plurality of banks of holders, a common typeholder, a shiftable carriage carrying saidv holder and adapted to cause it to communicate With'either bank, and a pair of shift keys for shifting such carriage from one eXtreme position to the other respecy'56. The combination of a type case ar-' ranged in a plurality of banks, a movable conveyor, a plurality of mechanisms mounted on said conveyer for releasing type from 'each bank, finger keys, lifterA bars, and

means for causing the same to lengage one mechanism and miss the other, as desired.

57. A type case composed of a segment of a drum having parallel longitudinal channels, a shuttle bar extending across the end ,y y

of the drum, a lateral slot in suchl shuttle bar, a finger guided transversely of the slot whereby the movement of the finger may swing Vthe shuttle bar, and means for moving said linger.

58. The combination of a segmental typevholding drum, a shuttle bar adapted to oscillate across the end of the same, radially arranged keys and key levers, an arcual universal bar, and mechanism controlled thereby for moving said shuttle bar'varying amounts.

59. The combination of a pair of concentric segments, each having longitudinal rai-ls for holding grooved type, and a coperating shuttle bar having a pair of openings to receive such type.

GO. The combination of a stationary upright segment provided With parallel longi tudinal rails for holding grooved type and a pivoted shuttle bar extending across the-Y such opening. 4 y

62. The combination of a frame, a pair of lower end of such segment and having an concentric segmental typeholders, two pairs l of removable through bolts for holding said 63. The combination of a segmental typeholder, a pivoted shuttle bar coperating therewith, said shuttle bar being 'formed y with a pair of diagonal slots in its opposite edges, and a pair of arms pivoted on an axis at right angles to the axis of the shuttle bar and occupying said slots to swing the bar in one direction or the other.

64. A type-case for type having beveled feet comprising a plurality of rigidly held rails providing type channels, and an escapement for each channel consisting of a pa1rof dogs mounted side by side and cooperating with the beveled foot ofthe lowermost and next to the lowerrnost type.

65; The combination 'of a type-case having a plurality of channels, an escapement for each channel, a movable conveyer, means carried by the conveyer for operating the es-" capement,I and means for moving the escapement-operating means to idle position.

66. The'combination of'a type-case having separate banks of channelsv for uppercase and lower-case type, individual means 4for releasing type from each channel, a

pair of members for operating the releasing means of the two banks respectively, and

vmeans for concurrently rendering either member active and the other idle.

67. The combination of a pair of typecases, a movable conveyer cooperating with both cases, two members carried by the conveyor for causing the release of type from the two cases respectively, andl means for alternatively rendering either ,of said members active and the other idle.

68. The combination of a pair oftypecases, each case having `a plurality of chan.-

nels with individual escapements, a pair` of plungers for operating suoli escapements respectively, and means for individually moving either plunger to renderit inoperative.

69. The combination of ya pair of typecases, each case having a plurality of channels with individual escapements, a conveyer cooperating with both cases, a pair of plu'ngers mounted on the conveyer for operating the escapements of the two cases respectively, and means for turning the plungers on their axes to render one idle and the other active.

70. The combination of a pair of typecases, each case having a plurality of channels with individual escapements, a conveyor coperating with both cases, a air of plungers mounted on the'conveyer ior operating the escapements of the two cases respectively, means for turning the plungers on their axes to render one idle and the other active, a typeholder shift-able to cooperate with either case, and means whereby such shifting turns the plungers on their axes as stated.

' 71. The combination with a plurality of type-cases, a typeholder adapted to coperate with each case, a shiftable carriage in' which said typeholder is mounted, a shift key for shifting the carriage in one direction, and` a second shift key for returning it to initial position, the carriage being adapted to stand in either extreme position.

72. The combination of a plurality of type cases, a carriage shiftable below the same to coperate with either case, a typeholder mounted on said carriage, and means for feeding type upwardly along said typeholder.

73. The combination of an upright typecase, mechanism for assembling type from the lower end thereof, and interchangeable tnen feeding it upwardly into the proper holder, each holder being provided with an escapement allowing the type to pass it upwardly and restricting the downward passage to one type at a time.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aiiix my presence of two witnesses.

signature in the HENRY C. OSBORN. Witnesses:

C. R. BnoH'roL,

CURT B. MUELLER. 

